Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 2919 · 52 active provisions
(A) No married person shall marry another or continue to cohabit with such other person in this state.(B) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the actor's spouse was continuously absent for five years immediately preceding the purported subsequent marriage, and was not known by the actor to…
(A) As used in this section:(1) "Down syndrome" means a chromosome disorder associated either with an extra chromosome twenty-one, in whole or in part, or an effective trisomy for chromosome twenty-one.(2) "Physician," "pregnant," and "unborn child" have the same meanings as in section 2919.16 of the Revised Code.(B) N…
(A) In the abortion report required under section 3701.79 of the Revised Code, the attending physician shall indicate that the attending physician does not have knowledge that the pregnant woman was seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because of any of the following:(1) A test result indicating Down syndrome in…
As used in the Revised Code, "abortion" means the purposeful termination of a human pregnancy by any person, including the pregnant woman herself, with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus or embryo. Abortion is the practice of medicine or surgery for the purposes of section 4731.41…
(A) No person shall perform or induce an abortion without the informed consent of the pregnant woman.(B)(1)(a) No person shall knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a woman who is pregnant, unmarried, under eighteen years of age, and unemancipated unless at least one of the following applies:(i) Subject to divis…
(A) For the purpose of this section, a minor shall be considered "emancipated" if the minor has married, entered the armed services of the United States, become employed and self-subsisting, or has otherwise become independent from the care and control of her parent, guardian, or custodian. (B) No person shall knowingl…
Section 2919.121 of the Revised Code applies in lieu of division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code whenever its operation is not enjoined. If section 2919.121 of the Revised Code is enjoined, division (B) of section 2919.12 of the Revised Code applies.If a person complies with the requirements of division (B)…
(A) No person shall knowingly give, sell, dispense, administer, or otherwise provide RU-486 (mifepristone) to another for the purpose of inducing an abortion in any person or enabling the other person to induce an abortion in any person, unless the person who gives, sells, dispenses, administers, or otherwise provides…
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug or regimen of drugs that causes the termination of a clinically diagnosable pregnancy, including any drug identified in section 2919.123 of the Revised Code. (2) "Physician" has the same meaning as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (3) "Profe…
(A) No person shall purposely take the life of a child born by attempted abortion who is alive when removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman. (B) No person who performs an abortion shall purposely fail to take the measures required by the exercise of medical judgment in light of the attending circumstances to pres…
(A) No person shall experiment upon or sell the product of human conception which is aborted. Experiment does not include autopsies pursuant to sections 313.13 and 2108.50 of the Revised Code.(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abortion trafficking, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(A) As used in this section: "Dismemberment abortion" means, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, to dismember a living unborn child and extract the unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or similar instruments that, through the co…
(A) As used in this section:(1) "From the body of the mother" means that the portion of the fetus' body in question is beyond the mother's vaginal introitus in a vaginal delivery.(2) "Partial birth procedure" means the medical procedure that includes all of the following elements in sequence:(a) Intentional dilation of…
As used in sections 2919.16 to 2919.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fertilization" means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.(B) "Gestational age" or "gestation" means the age of an unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of a pregnant woman.(C) "Health care facility" me…
(A) No person shall purposely perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman when the unborn child is viable. (B)(1) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (A) of this section that the abortion was performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced by a phys…
(A)(1) A physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman shall submit a report to the department of health in accordance with the forms, rules, and regulations adopted by the department that includes all of the information the physician is required to certify in writin…
(A) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman after the beginning of the twentieth week of gestation unless, prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion or the attempt to perf…
(A) As used in this section and sections 2919.191 to 2919.199 of the Revised Code: (1) "Conception" means fertilization. (2) "Contraceptive" means a drug, device, or chemical that prevents conception. (3) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid. (4) "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythm…
Sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code apply only to intrauterine pregnancies. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
(A) A person who intends to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman shall determine whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying. The method of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat shall be consistent with the person's good faith understa…
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly and purposefully perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining in accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code whether the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a detecta…
(A) Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of this section, if a person who intends to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman has determined, under section 2919.192 of the Revised Code, that the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat, the person shall not, except as provid…
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly and purposefully perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying and whose fetal heartbeat has bee…
The provisions of this section are wholly independent of the requirements of sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code. (A) A person who performs or induces an abortion on a pregnant woman shall do whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If a purported reason for the abortion is to preserve the health of…
Nothing in sections 2919.19 to 2919.196 of the Revised Code prohibits the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a drug, device, or chemical for contraceptive purposes.